Artist Thomas Hart Benton is Born: April 15, 1889
Thomas Hart Benton was born on this date in 1889 in Neosho.
June 19, 1929
Mid-Missourian Charles Leiper Grigg was a soft drink icon. He moved to St. Louis from his hometown of Montgomery City on this date in 1929.
June 18, 1949
On this date in 1949, Garroway at Large debuts on NBC. Dave Garroway, a University City native and Washington University graduate, was later the first host of the Today Show.
June 10, 1821
On this date in Missouri history, Potosi’s Moses Austin died and the task of settling and forming the new Republic of Texas fell to his son, Stephen Austin.
May 27, 1911
Vincent Price is born in St. Louis. One of America’s best-known character actors was born into a wealthy and influential family, with little indication of the type of fame that was to come.
May 12, 1925
Lawrence Berra took on the nickname “Yogi” because his friends thought he resembled a Hindu holy man they had seen in a movie.
March 30, 1984
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